February 2009 News
26.02.09
Warner is teaming up with the MyVideo platform to offer content in Germany, Austria & Switzerland. They will use the site for video premieres, exclusives & the creating artist pages
billboard.biz
26.02.09
Spotify is working on an iPhone app which will enable users to utilise its streaming music service directly via their handset
techcrunch.com
26.02.09
Charts - Taylor swift's 'Fearless' manages to hold a 10th non-consecutive week at the peak of The Billboard 200
billboard.biz
25.02.09
iTunes has teamed up with Depeche Mode to launch the new iTunes Pass, giving fans privileged access to singles, remixes and videos from artists
brandrepublic.com
25.02.09
Nokia's Comes With Music service is to become commercially available in Australia on 20th March
prnewswire.com
25.02.09
An exclusive gig by Elbow has received just under 1M views via the BBC's red button service
mad.co.uk
24.02.09
mSpot has licensed Sony Music Entertainment's catalogue for its Make-UR-Tones customisable ringtone service app
billboard.biz
24.02.09
Kraft is sponsoring the Jonas Brothers: 3-D Concert with a package that offers up free downloads, behind-the-scenes video footage & free sandwiches
adage.com
24.02.09
A competition invites fans to recreate the Beyonce 'Single Ladies' video. The winning version will be shown on Beyonce's world tour
prnewswire.com
23.02.09
UK charts - Lily Allen stays at no. 1 in the singles chart with 'The Fear'
bbc.co.uk
23.02.09
Metallica offer up the chance to meet the band backstage as a reward to those who purchased their recent CD
nme.com
23.02.09
The UK government is calling for a crackdown on the amount of tickets for high profile events that end up in the hands of touts
billboard.biz
20.02.09
Bruce Springsteen has 3rd week at no. 1 in Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart with 'Working On A Dream'
billboard.biz
20.02.09
UK - VV Brown, Laura Marling & Florence and the Machine are the latest additions to the line-up for this year's Camp Bestival in July
nme.com
20.02.09
Next New Networks & Verizon FiOS are launching an online network called $99 Music Videos, which gives artists the ability to create low cost music videos
billboard.biz
19.02.09
MTV International is to launch MTV Music, a major video archive, in the UK in Q3 this year
marketingweek.co.uk
19.02.09
The Nokia Music Store should arrive in Australia in the coming month with access to 10M songs
billboard.biz
19.02.09
Winners of the 2009 BRIT Awards
brits.co.uk
18.02.09
iTunes is to offer up performance tracks and pre order video from American Idol's 36 semi-finalists from today
billboard.biz
18.02.09
UK - Kasabian, Little Boots, British Sea Power & Lightspeed Champion announced as part of the line up for the Great Escape festival in Brighton in May
yahoo.com
18.02.09
USA - Rufus Wainwright, Lenny Kaye, and Steve Wynn are to perform at the Rock-It Science Festival on 3rd March in New York
billboard.biz
17.02.09
Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' has been named as the best selling album of 2008
bbc.co.uk
17.02.09
INgrooves has joined the Nokia Comes With Music service, bringing with it access to an extensive catalogue of independent content
musicweek.com
17.02.09
Samsung unveils two new music-centric handsets, the Beat Disc and the Beat DJ with a distinctively retro Jukebox feel to them
reghardware.co.uk
16.02.09
Omnifone has launched MusicStation Next Generation, a music service partnership with ISPs
reuters.com
16.02.09
Nokia continues its European rollout of its digital music store, with Nokia Music Stores launching in both Austria and Switzerland
moconews.net
16.02.09
UK charts - Lily Allen's 2nd album 'It's Not Me, It's You' debuts at No.1 on the UK album chart, whilst her single 'The Fear' retains the no. 1 spot in the singles chart
bbc.co.uk
12.02.09
Ad-supported music service Qtrax has secured licensing deals with the four majors
billboard.biz
12.02.09
Eminem's latest single 'Crack a Bottle' has set a Nielsen SoundScan record for opening week download sales
billboard.biz
12.02.09
Charts - The Fray have topped the Billboard 200 with their second album
billboard.biz
11.02.09
The organisers behind this year's Download festival are looking towards making the event a cashless one for fans
gigwise.com
11.02.09
The Ting Tings, Placebo & Duffy are confirmed to perform at the Heineken Open'er festival in Poland
gigwise.com
11.02.09
Music streaming service Spotify has removed its invite only status in the UK
nma.co.uk
10.02.09
A new touring festival, Sonisphere, is to be headlined by Metallica and Linkin Park. The 60,000 capacity festival will start in the UK on 1st Aug & travel to Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Sweden & Finland
billboard.biz
10.02.09
MTV unveils its MTV World Stage format which will be broadcast across 62 MTV channels in 162 countries
billboard.biz
10.02.09
The Black Eyed peas have launched a youth academy in California to give underprivileged children the chance to get involved in film and music projects
starpulse.com
09.02.09
Streaming music service Spotify has added around 1M extra tracks to its catalogue via a licensing deal with CD Baby
nme.com
09.02.09
UK - Scouting For Girls are giving away a free EP online to celebrate their Brits nominations
digitalspy.co.uk
09.02.09
The Veronicas become the first Australian act to crack the US Top 20 since Kylie Minogue in 2002 with their single 'Untouched'
news.com.au
06.02.09
The Nokia Music Store has launched in Mexico
billboard.biz
06.02.09
Bloc Party, The Rakes and Mystery Jets donate music to Twestival, the Twitter charity, to be streamed online
nme.com
06.02.09
PRS for Music sponsors TV series 'Songbook' featuring artists such as Jarvis Cocker, Donovan, Bernard Sumner & Duran Duran, discussing the song-writing process
billboard.biz
05.02.09
US charts - Bruce Springsteen's album 'Working On A Dream' tops the US album charts
billboard.biz
05.02.09
UK - The Official Charts Company, in conjunction with the BPI, has launched a "purely classical' chart
bbc.co.uk
05.02.09
ASCAP's Young Jazz Composers Awards, which celebrates gifted young US composers, takes place on the 16th June
billboard.biz
04.02.09
Article on how 3 emerging artists charted based solely on digital sales in the first three weeks of 2009
billboard.biz
04.02.09
EMI Music Publishing is bringing the Queen catalogue to Sony's Singstar gaming platform. Singstar Queen will be available in March
dmwmedia.com
04.02.09
UK - Tickets for this year's Glastonbury Festival have sold out five months in advance
guardian.co.uk
02.02.09
UK charts - Lily Allen's latest single 'The Fear' goes to the top of the singles chart
bbc.co.uk
02.02.09
Paul McCartney, The Cure & The Killers are to top the bill at the 10th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, held on the 17th-19th April
billboard.biz
02.02.09
New research suggests that around 72% of searches via YouTube are music related
dmwmedia.com